Police in Eldoret have arrested five suspects who were found dismantling stolen cars at an incomplete house under construction in the town
Uasin Gishu county police commander Benjamin Mwanthi said the five were arrested following a tip-off from the public.
He said spare parts for several vehicles were found in the house and police also recovered eight TV sets and other items after searching the house.
Mwanthi said the suspects were part of a wider syndicate involved in theft of vehicles across the country.
“Our officers were tipped about the abandoned house where there were some suspicious people and our officers acted immediately and went to the scene where the suspects were apprehended,” Mwanthi said.
He spoke at Kapsoya Police station where the recovered items were displayed.
He was with County DCI chief Daniel Muleli among other senior officers.
The items displayed included the vehicle spare parts, TV sets, car log books, passports and many car keys.
“We also found implements for dismantling vehicles and breaking into houses,” Mwanthi said.
He said police had in the recent past managed to deal with rampant cases of vehicle theft in the region and the latest incident was an isolated case.
“Currently we have very few cases of car theft with only two reported in the recent past because we had managed to dismantle the cartels involved,” the county police commander said.
County DCI chief Muleli said the Kapsoya incident was under investigation and that the suspects would be arraigned.
He assured the public in the region that security teams were on alert to ensure that crime incidents were dealt with.
